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SHAHI TUKDA | SHAHI TUKRA

Shahi Tukda

Recipe source: Rakskitchen, you can find the original recipe here.

Ingredients

  1. Saffron
    1 pinch
  2. Milk
    1/2 ltr
  3. Corn flour
    1 tsp
  4. Cardamom powder
    1/8 tsp
  5. Sugar
    1/3 cup
  6. Bread
    4 slices
  7. Ghee
    For frying
  8. Nuts-chopped-
    2 tbsp

Directions

  • Soak saffron in 3 tbsp warm milk.Keep aside.
  • To prepare Rabri,bring  milk to a boil, in a saucepan.Add saffron and cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp milk.Mix well and cook until it turns slightly thick.Add cardamom powder ,mix well and keep aside.
  • To prepare sugar syrup,combine sugar with few tbsp of water and cook until it turns thick.
  • Cut the bread into triangular pieces.Shallow fry / deep fry it in ghee,until it turns golden brown.
  • Fry the nuts in the same pan ,drain and keep aside.
  • Soak the bread pieces in the prepared sugar syrup for a minute, and transfer it onto the serving bowl/plate.
  • Pour the prepared rabri over the bread pieces.Serve warm or chilled.

Notes

  • Add few drops of rose essence to the rabri,if desired.
  • If you don’t want to use cornflour,reduce a liter of milk to half,by cooking over a medium low flame.
  • You can add 1 or 2 tbsp of the remaining sugar syrup to the rabri ,if desired. 

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8 Comments

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    Vimitha Durai
    October 23, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Ah fit for a king. Too delicious to even look at

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    Priya Suresh
    October 23, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    That bowl is just killing me..Fantastic feast..

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    R
    October 24, 2013 at 12:28 am

    looks rich and delicious!

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    Lifewithspices
    October 24, 2013 at 4:45 am

    yumm one..

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    Sona
    October 24, 2013 at 5:32 am

    Looks very delicious and yummy..

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    great-secret-of-life
    October 24, 2013 at 2:12 pm

    delicious and easy dessert

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    Unknown
    October 24, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    Super yummy !! All time fav quick dish

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    Unknown
    December 29, 2013 at 7:38 pm

    You are the best! OMG YOUR PHOTOS ARE AMAZING! and so good that i finally found a great indian food blog

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